beak
要点くちばし
意味
- くちばし(通例ワシ・タカなどの曲がった,またカメ・タコなどのような角状のもの)
- くちばし状のもの;(人の)かぎ鼻,(水差しの)口
- (昔の戦艦の)船嘴(せんし)
例文
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak, snout”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Breton beg (“beak”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bäk (“mouth; muzzle; beak”); Dutch bek (“beak; bill; neb”).